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Mandrake: Updated gftp packages fix Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake A vulnerability in gftp could allow a malicious FTP server to overwrite files on the local system as the user running gftp due to improper handling of filenames containing slashes. The updated packages are patched to deal with these issues.
 _______________________________________________________________________

                 Mandrakelinux Security Update Advisory
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Package name:           gftp
 Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2005:050
 Date:                   March 4th, 2005

 Affected versions:	 10.0, 10.1, Corporate 3.0,
			 Corporate Server 2.1
 ______________________________________________________________________

 Problem Description:

 A vulnerability in gftp could allow a malicious FTP server to
 overwrite files on the local system as the user running gftp due to
 improper handling of filenames containing slashes.
 
 The updated packages are patched to deal with these issues.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:

  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0372
 ______________________________________________________________________

 Updated Packages:
  
 Mandrakelinux 10.0:
 b39b15034eb4d3581c44e100af5d50f0  10.0/RPMS/gftp-2.0.16-4.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
 bee5bf5c5003046e739cc8dcd763b5b9  10.0/SRPMS/gftp-2.0.16-4.1.100mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrakelinux 10.0/AMD64:
 28e4cdeac10a8e809de0f9f5372f516a  amd64/10.0/RPMS/gftp-2.0.16-4.1.100mdk.amd64.rpm
 bee5bf5c5003046e739cc8dcd763b5b9  amd64/10.0/SRPMS/gftp-2.0.16-4.1.100mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrakelinux 10.1:
 629737a4dce0aa18c5c8682f4bc7dc76  10.1/RPMS/gftp-2.0.17-4.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
 a412997b5076bbfd58c53c5df23c7897  10.1/SRPMS/gftp-2.0.17-4.1.101mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64:
 4d9ceebce6f39c2b426021301bfad778  x86_64/10.1/RPMS/gftp-2.0.17-4.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
 a412997b5076bbfd58c53c5df23c7897  x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/gftp-2.0.17-4.1.101mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate Server 2.1:
 812d8ec7003e0efb5ed4f31fade5461e  corporate/2.1/RPMS/gftp-2.0.13-2.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
 73d1194548966c40acfa2f863b590778  corporate/2.1/SRPMS/gftp-2.0.13-2.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate Server 2.1/X86_64:
 0e62f8cf63c1dfe52a8059c8890efe7d  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/gftp-2.0.13-2.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
 73d1194548966c40acfa2f863b590778  x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/gftp-2.0.13-2.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate 3.0:
 340f5735280f121bc35301b706d6077e  corporate/3.0/RPMS/gftp-2.0.16-4.1.C30mdk.i586.rpm
 15bc999abc88794605dc5df20adb50a4  corporate/3.0/SRPMS/gftp-2.0.16-4.1.C30mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate 3.0/X86_64:
 9e21985c7ba6224eaa90fbdf9be50cd1  x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/gftp-2.0.16-4.1.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
 15bc999abc88794605dc5df20adb50a4  x86_64/corporate/3.0/SRPMS/gftp-2.0.16-4.1.C30mdk.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

 To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 All packages are signed by Mandrakesoft for security.  You can obtain
 the GPG public key of the Mandrakelinux Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 You can view other update advisories for Mandrakelinux at:

  http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_linux-mandrake.com

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team
  
 
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